On/off Detection Method for Reconstructing the Statistics of Quantum Optical States: An Overview

Author

Brida, G. ; Genovese, M. ; Gramegna, M. ; Piacentini, F. ; Olivares, S. ; Paris, M.G.A.

Author_Institution

I.N.RI.M., Torino

fYear

2009

fDate

1-7 Feb. 2009

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

58

Abstract

We give a brief overview of the demonstration of a photon statistics reconstruction method based on Maximum Likelihood estimation and on/off detection. This method has been successfully applied to a large number of cases and, recently, extended to a scheme for a full reconstruction of the density matrix. Experimental results concerning the heralded single-photon state and the seeded parametric down-conversion are presented in some details.

Keywords

maximum likelihood estimation; photons; quantum optics; Maximum likelihood estimation; density matrix; on/off detection method; photon statistics reconstruction method; quantum optical states; single-photon state; Frequency; Intersymbol interference; Maximum likelihood detection; Maximum likelihood estimation; Nonlinear optics; Parametric statistics; Probability; Quantum mechanics; Reconstruction algorithms; Tomography; density matrix; statistic recontruction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, 2009. ICQNM '09. Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cancun

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3349-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3524-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICQNM.2009.22

Filename

4782922